Official UK procurement notice
Fuel Supply & Delivery to Transport UK East Midlands Railway Depots
Authority: ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£9,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInterim arrangement is in place using the supplier's terms and conditions while the final contract is being negotiated and formalised.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2025, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 16:33 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067239- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d000Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Incumbent supplier has gone into administration.
It is strictly necessary to have a supplier in place to deliver the goods to facilitate continued operation of critical national infrastructure. This contract award notice is to highlight the arrangement in place under the suppliers' standard terms and conditions up to the point of an agreed signed contract between the parties.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published20 Oct 2025, 15:38 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2025, 16:33 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £9,000,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITEDInterim Supply Arrangement21 Oct 2025 – 22 Oct 2025 · up to 22 Oct 2025Extensions: The interim arrangement is in place while the final contract is being negotiated and formalised. | £9,000,000 | 21 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- esso petroleum company limitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender